Your role
Door
Count people in and out at the door against the venue's capacity, with tonight's headcount and the door's takings on one page.
At a bar or lounge that charges entry, the door counts people in and out against the venue’s capacity. Kila describes the role: “Works the door: takes entry charges on their own shift, keeps the headcount against capacity and checks ages. Nothing else at the till.”
When you sign in
Link to this section: When you sign inKila opens the home page. Your page is Kitchen and floor › Door: “Entry charges and the headcount tonight. Paid entries go through your till shift.” At the top, Inside now against the venue’s capacity, such as of 350, In tonight with how many paid, and Door takings. Recent, on the right, lists the last people in and out.
Your night
Link to this section: Your night- Choose the entry (1): Paid, Free or Guest list. Free and the guest list are no charge. Set how many people with − and +.
- Check their ID (2). Where your business checks ages for alcohol, In stays grey until you tick the box, such as “I have seen ID. The guest is 18 or older.” Kila asks for every group: “Only people aged 18 or over come in, paid, free or on the guest list. The check is recorded with each entry.”
- Tap In (3). Kila says, for example, 1 in: Inside now goes up, and Recent lists 1 in (guest list). The ID check starts unticked again for the next group.
- Tap Out (4) as people leave. Kila says 1 out, and Inside now comes down.
Entry charges
Link to this section: Entry chargesPaid entries go on your own till shift. Paid shows the charge, such as KES 1,000.00 at KES 1,000.00 each, to take by Cash or M-Pesa (seen), and the shift it goes on (5), such as “Your shift SH-000084 on Door till: entry charges go on it.” Check their ID and tap In (6): Kila says, for example, 1 in: KES 1,000.00, and Door takings goes up.
With no shift open, Paid says “No shift open. Open your shift to take entry charges. Free and guest-list entries are counted without one.”, and In waits. Tap Open a shift: the till’s own Open your shift opens on the door page. Choose the door’s till, count the float and open the shift, as at the till: Open a shift. Back to the door returns without opening one.
At the end of the night, Count and close at the till opens the till, where you count the drawer and close your shift: Close a shift.
What you can do
Link to this section: What you can do- Count people in, paid, free or on the guest list, and out again, with the ID check where your business checks ages.
- See the headcount tonight against the capacity, and the door’s takings.
- Open your own till shift on the Door page, and count and close it at the till.
Everything the role is allowed to do
- Point of sale
- Sell at the till; Open and close own shift; Take entry charges at the door and keep the headcount
- Customers
- View customers
What needs a manager
Link to this section: What needs a manager| Approval limit | Up to |
|---|---|
| Discounts | 0% |
| Refunds | KES 0.00 |
Needs a manager
Selling anything but the entry charge is not part of the role.
Common questions
Link to this section: Common questionsWhat does Inside now count? Everyone counted in tonight, less everyone counted out. In tonight counts everyone in, and says how many of them paid.
Someone on the guest list came back in. Count them in again with Guest list: In tonight counts each entry.